Matthew 1:22 meaning and explanation
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
Matthew 1:22, Berean Standard Bible
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Matthew, writing for a largely Jewish audience, pauses his account of Jesus's birth to explain that these events happened to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet. The verse introduces the quotation that follows from Isaiah 7:14, where the Greek word parthenos means virgin.
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